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Glioblastoma: A new treatment for this deadly brain tumor?

Oct 04,2017

Brain tumor

Honor Whiteman

Source: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319601.php

New research brings fresh hope of a new treatment for patients with glioblastoma, after identifying a way to halt the growth of this life-threatening brain tumor.Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston have identified the mechanism by which a specific protein called PRMT5 drives the growth of glioblastoma tumors.